Map 04 - Cayad, Realm of the Carnelian God-Empress

[Greg]

I've been quietly watching this one develop and it really is gorgeous. From the colours, to the linework, everything fits into your own inspirational style! I look forwards to seeing more added to it!

[Ilanthar]

Well, this may be half-finished, but rest assured it's already fully wonderful!

[Abu Lafia]

I love it.
It looks awesome and the story is good. I like the blambot font too.
They make some very cool fonts. I have a few from them.

Thanks again John :-) I guess this won't be the last time i use a font from there, since i'll experiment with this cartoonish style a bit more in the future

Great artwork with the plateaus and the bridges!

Thank you Bogie, i'm glad you like them!

This gets more and more beautiful. Nice story elements.
I'm really curious what this empress looks like.... but I also don't want the mystery spoiled.

Glad it could arouse your curiosity Chashio, i kept it vague since this is what fantasy is all about, isn't it? :-)

The line work is fantastic! I think this may be one of my favorite of your pieces Abu. Can't wait to see the finished piece.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

Thanks a lot Arsheesh, greatly appreciated! :-)

Impressive artwork I love it.

Many thanks Robulous, i appreciate it a lot!

This has become absolutely brilliant! Love this style

Thanks Lingon, glad the style pleases you! I'm still not 100% happy with it, but that would be a really bad sign i guess

Woah, absoluter Wahnsinn! *__*

Everything else has been said before, incredible piece of art, love this very much! Rep (if I can)! =)

Vielen Dank Steffen, freut mich riesig das zu höhren! :-)

Hehe, I'm amused that a guy who casually drops a word like orthography into his comment is worried about his English skills!

It's looking gorgeous, Abu. I love it.

Alternatively i could have written "RECHTSCHREIBUNG"... but even in me as a german the sound always evokes the image of an Christoph Walz like SS-officer with a cane in his hand.

I've been quietly watching this one develop and it really is gorgeous. From the colours, to the linework, everything fits into your own inspirational style! I look forwards to seeing more added to it!

Thank you so much GLS, very much appreciated! Also, be sure i'm quietly watching your wonderful work too...

Well, this may be half-finished, but rest assured it's already fully wonderful!

Many thanks Ilanthar, hope i haven't messed it up now finished :-)


Damnit, you people use too many smilies!!! XD
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I finally tackled this beast! As always the forests have been the "final boss" of this map.
### LATEST WIP ###
CAYAD_WIP7.jpg
Would've loved to fill the space around, but my creative batteries ran low...

Here is the .png file. It is double size of the original map John gave us (as the .png above). Hope it's ok like that, otherwise i'll scale it down.
Cayad_by_AbuLafia.png

Thousand thanks for all the encouraging feedback again, it makes everything so much easier!
Cheers,
AL

EDIT: oh i totally forgot to upload the banner i made one evening... maybe not the final version
CayadSymbolBanner.png

[arsheesh]

This may be my favorite of your maps thus far Abu! Your hand drawn style has really matured. I love all of the detail work in this piece. The canyons and mountains look marvelous. Splendid work.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Tom]

This is really gorgeous!! I quote Arsheesh, your style is really matured, and this is a splendid work!!

[tilt]

fantastic work, love the many small details and fun how you incorporated the story in the map

[SrgDark]

This is some amazing work. Great attention to details and lovely colors.